The Rules of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has been converted to
electronic format by the staff of the St. Louis Public Library. This
electronic version has been done for the interest and convenience of the user.
These are unofficial versions and should be used as unofficial copies.

To obtain official printed copies of the Rules of the St. Louis Board of
Aldermen or get answers to questions email David
Sweeney at SweeneyD@stlouiscity.com.

All legal research pertaining to the City Charter or Revised Code should be
conducted with source documents, not the text of these Rules which may have
been edited for the purposes of this publication.

The Board of Aldermen shall adopt Rules of its proceedings,
subject to the Charter, at the beginning of each annual session by a majority
vote of all the members present at the first meeting of the regular session
which is held on the third Tuesday in April. Thereafter, during the said
session, any Rule, may be abolished, altered, amended or suspended upon
concurrence by two-thirds of the members present provided such action is not
superseded by Ordinance, the Charter, or state statute. (See City Charter, Art.
IV, Sec. 8 and Rev. Code,
3.06.110)

The prevailing rules of the parliamentary procedure comprised
in the Manual Digest and Rules of the House of Representatives of the United
States shall govern the Board in all cases to which they are applicable insofar
as they are consistent with the standing rules of the Board of Aldermen and the
Charter and Ordinances of the City of St. Louis.